Skydiving

*Taking place all year round*

Why not take the ultimate leap for Parkinson’s and sign up to a skydive today!

You can choose from one of 20 airfields across the UK to tandem skydive from 10,000 feet free-falling at over 120mph! No experience is required as all training is given and if you raise the minimum sponsorship of £500 you can receive your skydive for free!

Tandem Skydive highlights include:• Jump and training completed in one day• Harnessed to an instructor at all times• Skydive from 10,000 feet like the pro's• Freefall down to 5,000ft at 120mph!• Learn how to steer the canopy• Landing is controlled by your instructor• Certificate to prove you have completed a 2-mile high tandem skydive!

If you would like to take part in a skydiving challenge in support of The Cure Parkinson's Trust we'd love to hear from you - please contact the fundraising team on 020 7487 3892.

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For some considerable time CPT has been interested in nerve growth factors or 'neurotrophic' factors for Parkinson's. GDNF, CDNF and C-CDNF are three interesting candidates and our research work within this field continues with drive and urgency.

Dr. Johnny Acheson is an Emergency Medical Consultant who is also living with Parkinson’s. Johnny has created sketches to fundraise and to educate about Parkinson’s and depict the humorous side of working in emergency medicine!

Over 50 cyclists, including Mike Tindall and Iain Balshaw, will set off independently on 28 June to tackle what would have been the toughest day on the 'Raid Alpine' ride - but instead, they'll be doing this around their local area!

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This September, we’d love your pedal power to help us raise vital funds and awareness for our International Linked Clinical Trials Programme. Take part in any cycling event in support of The Cure Parkinson's Trust (CPT).

Discover many of the fantastic cycling events taking place in the UK throughout the year here. If you're already taking on your own challenge raising funds for The Cure Parkinson's Trust, we would love to hear from you.

Discover many of the fantastic cycling events taking place in the UK throughout the year here. If you're already taking on your own challenge raising funds for The Cure Parkinson's Trust, we would love to hear from you.

** Please note this event in April will likely be postponed ** Discover Adventure will be contacting everyone who has so generously signed up to take on this challenge imminently with further information. In the meantime, we'd like to extend our sincere thanks for your support.

**Please note this event has sadly now been cancelled** Make the most of the great outdoors by riding in the 2020 Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 46 in aid of The Cure Parkinson's Trust! This sportive offers a great introduction to cycling on traffic-free roads for those new to cycling and for younger participants...

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In a major breakthrough for the treatment of Parkinson's, researchers working with laboratory rats show it is possible to make dopamine cells from embryonic stem cells and transplant them into the brain.

Our International Linked Clinical Trials initiative (iLCT) identifies potential new treatments to slow, stop or reverse Parkinson’s disease by 'repurposing' or repositioning drugs that are approved to treat other conditions.

The study, published in The Lancet and funded by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), supported by CPT found that people with Parkinson’s treated with Exenatide for one year performed better in motor tests than those on placebo.

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